Douluo Continent: The Ten Kings of Hell, I am the Emperor of the Underworld

Chapter 23 Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts, Divine Test Rewards

"Old man, I think I heard some noise in the yard. Could it be a thief breaking in?"

In a family home in Xingluo City, an elderly couple spoke in hushed tones.

"No way? I'll go check it out."

"No, let's pretend we don't know anything. Anyway, we don't have anything valuable in our house. If a thief sees you, he might try to kill you."

His wife was a little scared and held his hand, trying to stop him from going.

The old man was rather stubborn; he pulled his wife's hand away and whispered:

"I'll just peek through the crack in the door; I won't be noticed."

"Oh dear, you old man, you're so old, yet you still like to show off."

Although his wife complained about his stubborn temper, she still followed behind him.

The old man peered through the crack in the door, and suddenly froze, pressing himself against the door without moving.

"Old man, don't scare me."

The wife was terrified, not knowing what the old man had seen.

She bent over and peered through the crack in the door, wanting to know what the old man had seen.

Even if there are thieves, there's no need to be this scared.

Then, she also saw what was happening in the yard.

A phantom male figure floated up from under the jujube tree in the courtyard, followed by a phantom female figure.

The two of them moved as if their feet weren't touching the ground.

"Zhu Minxi, I never thought that after being dead for so many years, we would meet again." The illusory man said to the woman.

"Alas, the struggle for the throne has cost us both our lives. Looking back now, it is truly tragic and lamentable."

The illusory man pointed to the distant palace.

"That high and mighty position there has led to the bloodshed and sacrifice of countless people. You and I are both involved in it, and we can neither escape nor avoid it."

"Although we are dead, we can now go and take a look."

"Alright, let's go see what the dragon throne, which has caused so many people to bleed and die, looks like."

A man and a woman walked straight through the courtyard wall and disappeared.

The couple inside the house took a long time to shakily return to the inner room.

"Old man, what are those two things?"

The old man remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Then they might not be two ghosts."

Suddenly, the old man sat up and was about to go out again.

"What are you going to do now?"

The old man didn't say anything, but found a hoe and started digging under the jujube tree in the yard.

His wife, terrified, followed him out. Seeing him about to dig, she asked him impatiently:

"What are you doing? It's a perfectly good jujube tree, don't dig it up and ruin it."

The old man remained silent, only digging incessantly.

The wife kept muttering to herself, while the old man worked up a sweat digging in the ground.

Finally, the old man put down his hoe and took a few steps back.

"Sure enough, someone is buried down there."

"what?"

The wife peeked into the pit and saw two skeletons entangled together by the tree roots in the large pit under the jujube tree.

"Mom."

The wife was so frightened that she sat down on the ground.

“We’ve lived here for decades. Who buried two dead people in our yard?”

The old man helped his wife up.

“They must have died long before we moved in, old woman, go and get me a bag.”

What do you need the bag for?

The old man sighed. "Now that we've discovered them, let's give them a proper burial. Perhaps they became ghosts because they weren't buried properly."

"Okay, I'll go find it right now."

On a slightly higher hill, Ning Qiuyang and Zhu Zhuqing looked down at Xingluo City.

Those fleeting ghostly figures were difficult to detect, but after Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing obtained their second martial souls, their perception of these underworld ghosts became exceptionally clear.

They could clearly see countless illusory figures flying out from all directions and drifting towards the palace.

There were even more illusory figures, who were already inside the palace.

"My lord, what are these people doing at the palace? They're already dead, do they still dream of ascending the throne?"

Zhu Zhuyun knows when to joke, when to be serious, and when to be charming.

When she was doing serious business, she insisted on addressing Ning Qiuyang as her master.

"Perhaps some people still have this obsession, wanting to sit on the dragon throne for a while, but most people are probably dissatisfied with the cruel succession system of the Star Luo Empire and want to change it."

Zhu Zhuyun nodded, and Zhu Zhuqing asked again:

"Can they still kill people in their current state?"

Ning Qiuyang shook his head.

These spirits are different from the spirits he summoned with his soul skills. They are now just wandering ghosts, and apart from scaring people, they have no means to harm the living.

"My lord, do you think they can change the way the Star Luo Empire inherits its power?"

"Who knows?" Ning Qiuyang replied.

Whether they can change or not, Ning Qiuyang doesn't care. As long as their obsession is resolved, Ning Qiuyang's goal will be achieved.

His attention was entirely focused on the changes in his martial soul.

On the first floor of Ning Qiuyang's Ten Kings of Hell Tower, two smaller figures stood beside King Qin Guang.

The two figures, one black and one white, were none other than the Black and White Impermanence.

When the Black and White Impermanence appeared, the first test of the divine trial was officially completed.

[The King of Hell's First Test: Finding the Black and White Impermanence (Completed)]

[Divine Trial Reward: 1. Increase the age of all Soul Rings by 1000 years.]

[II. A skull, a divine gift from the Underworld Emperor.]

The rewards were immediately issued, and Ning Qiuyang's three spirit rings had all turned purple.

The divinely bestowed soul bone is currently merging with him, but it will take some time before the fusion is fully completed.

In the Star Luo Empire's palace, Dai Mubai, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by a chill.

"Help! Help!"

Dai Mubai shouted in dissatisfaction.

His palace was always attended to by palace maids, and the weather suddenly turned so cold that they didn't even think to add a blanket for him. It was truly outrageous.

But Dai Mubai called out several times, but no one answered, and no one came over.

"These lazybones, we must replace them with a new batch of people tomorrow and kick them all out."

Dai Mubai groggily rolled out of bed and suddenly saw two people staring at him menacingly from the foot of the bed.

"Mom."

Dai Mubai screamed, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted again as soon as he woke up.

"Is this kid so timid? We didn't even scare him much before he fainted."

"He's so young, it's normal for him to be a little timid."

The man said with dissatisfaction, "When I was his age, I was already preparing with all my might to fight for the throne, unlike him who is living a life of luxury."

"Yes, yes, you're right." The woman said sarcastically, "You did prepare early, but you died early too, and you dragged me down with you."

The man immediately flew into a rage.

"I died young because they lacked martial ethics and attacked me in secret. They had no sense of rules at all."

"Alright, that's all in the past. Let's go to the current Star Luo Emperor's palace; that's the key place."

"Yes, let's go and meet the winner of this battle for the throne."

(End of this chapter)